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I actually saw Ile’s change as a poetic role reversal. At the beginning of their relationship, Alta was vulnerable and sensitive as Ile tried to protect, teach, and support him. After he lost his memory, Ile seemed a bit delayed and he had a lot of repressed emotions, and when they met again, Alta was the one who helped to guide him through it. It felt like a full circle moment
I see, i mustve expected a proper climax instead of a "cinematic silence" because the tones are so different even as a reversal in my pov.
I liked the desperate alta, the daring ile. But then it became a trope of separation, marriage, and amnesia with a sprinkle of whatever Toguto does for these idiots. For Slen and Toguto, there's this flatline. An intensity is apparent with Slen's way of doing things and how low toguto's eq is. But the emotions it began with just decreased, i dont even feel satisfied that Alta and Ile became together because Ile became more expressionless. There is also little artistic drama for Slen's possessiveness... the 2nd couple became a "fine, let's deal with them". No confrontation towards the king was it or whoever that old man was.